Crime & Safety

Fake $100 Bill Passed, Woman Says 'Keep The Change': Sheriff

A woman who authorities say bought $80 worth of lottery tickets with a fake $100 bill told the clerk to keep the change before fleeing.

The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify the woman seen in these security-video images who paid for $80 worth of lottery tickets with a counterfeit $100 bill.
The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify the woman seen in these security-video images who paid for $80 worth of lottery tickets with a counterfeit $100 bill. (Photos courtesy of Bartow County Sheriff's Office)

CARTERSVILLE, GA — The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify a woman who paid for $80 worth of lottery tickets with a counterfeit $100 bill.

The woman, whose image was recorded on security video, bought the tickets Thursday at A1 Food Mart on Joe Frank Harris Parkway, according to a social-media post from the Bartow sheriff’s office. After she paid for the tickets, she told the clerk she could keep the $20 change. Those tickets have since been reported to the Georgia Lottery as stolen.

The woman is described as a white female, wearing a red shirt and black pants. She left in a silver passenger vehicle.

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Anyone with information that can help the identify the woman in the video can call the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office at 770-382-5050, extension 6020.

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